Noodle cutter



J; KOVACICH NOODLE CUTTER June 24, 1930.

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Filed Dec, 26, 1928 (ZQ .Z.

SNVENTOR ATTORNEY J. KOVACICH NOODLE CUTTER June 24, 1930.

4 Sheets-sheaf 2 Filed Dec. 26, 1928 v INVEN TOR ATTORNEY J. KOVACICH NOODLE CUTTER June 24, 19 30.

4 Sheet-Sheet Filed Dec. 26, 1928 Jjfovacj ch/ ATTO R NEY June 24, 1930 J. KOVACICH NOODLE CUTTER Filed Dec. 26, 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet \\LBI INVENTOR c7. li'ovacj/ch/ rrro'husv Patented June 24, 1930 I JOSEPH KOVACICI'L OF VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA NOODLE CUTTER Application filed December 26, 1928. Serial No. 328,501. i

This invention relates to improvements in machines for cutting noodles and has for an object the provision of. a machine wherein the dough is fed to a pair of pressure rollers and pressed to the desired thinness, and afterward cut into strips.

Another object of the invention is the provision of means for mounting the pressure rollers so that they will yieldinglypress upon the dough, together, With means for mounting and driving this roller to provide for yielding movement.

Another object of the invention is the provision of means for actuating the cutter, and means operated by the cutter actuating means to operate the pressure rollers.-

With the above and other objects in View, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

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Figure '1 is a horizontal sectional View of a noodle cutting machine constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a section taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figures 3 and 4 aresections on the lines 83 and 4-4 respectively of Figure 1.

V Figure 5 is a section on the line 55 of Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a bottom plan View of the machine.

Figures 7 and 8 are sections taken respectively on the lines 77 and 88 of Figure 1.

Figure 9 is a detail view of the hub of the rotary cutter and a portion of one of the blades.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of reference denote correspondingparts, the invention as shown comprises a trough having a bottom 10 and side walls 11, the latter preferably converging toward the discharge end of'the trough. This discharge end is provided with a, throat-13: for the passage of the doughgthe bottom :walLof this throat being extended to provide-a. stationary blade 14. This blade cooperates with movable blades to be hereinafter described. Mounted beneath the bottom 10 of the trough is a roller 15. Thisroller :projects upward through an opening provided in the bottom of the trough andis adapted to be engaged by'a roller 16located within the X55 trough. This last mentioned roller has its trunnions 17 extending through arcuate slots 18 provided in the opposite side walls ll'of the trough.

The roller 16 isthus mounted formovement @60 toward and away from the roller 15-and, is

yieldingly forced .in a direction toward-the roller 15. For this purpo'se,-arock shaft 19 is mounted-in bearings 2i0:located.beneath the trough. The shaft 19 extends transversely of the "troughand its opposite endshave sea curedthereon cranlrarms 21. These arms are connected by meansof rods or link's22 with the trunnions' 17 of the roller 16. A spring -23 is coiled uponthe shaft 19 and has itsopto blade 14 and movable blades v26, the latter being carriedby a hub 27. "This hub is mounted upon a driving'shaft28 which is no tatable in suitable bearings provided-at one side ofthe trough, WhillQwtl crank handle 29 V secured to the shaft 28 provides means whereby the shaft may be rotated. The blades 26 are detac'hably secured. within recesses :26 .providedin the hub :27. Aaguardeiiil exten s around the blades 26. The guard 30 is preffed to the cutter by the rollers 15 and i6.

Mounted upon one of the trunnions of the roller 16 is apinion 28 which is en aged by a pinion 29, the latter being mounted upon a short shaft- 30 which extends from one side of the machine. The pinion 29 drives a pinion 31 and the latter in turn drives a pinion 32 which is fast upon one end of the shaft of the roller 15. The shaft 30 also has secured thereon gears 33, 34 and 35, the gears being of decreasingly small diameter. Slidingly mounted upon the shaft 28 is a pinion 36 which is adapted to engage either of the gears 33, 34 or 35 and may be shifted longitudinally of the shaft 28 to control the speed of travel of the rollers. Shifting of the pinion 36 is efiected by means of a lever 3'? which is pivotally mounted as shown at 38 and which is provided with a forked inner end 39. This inner end engages studs 40 whose inner ends are received within'a groove 41 provided in the hub of the pinion 36. A toothed segment 42 is arranged to hold the lever 37 in adjusted position.

Extending from the bottom of the trough is a bracket 43 which has threadedly engaged therewith ascrew 44. The inner end of this screw carries aswiveled disk 45 while its out-. er end .is provided witha thumb piece 46. By means of theconstruction just described,

the machine may be clamped to a table or other suitable support. Dough placed within the trough may be fed to the rollers and pressed and fed by these rollers to the cutters so as to be cut into strips of the proper size for making noodles. The machine is easy and inexpensive to operate, the cutters and rollers being both operatedby rotating the crank handle 29. I

It is preferred to encase the gearing within a housing 47.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention what is claimed is: c p

In a noodle cutting machine, a feed trough having arcuate slots therein, pressure rollers located adjacent the discharge end of said trough, said rollers including a roller having trunnions extending through the arcuate slots JOSEPH KOVAGIGH. 

